47.5% of ELCA

48% of PCUSA

47% of UCC

37% of EC

44% of all congregations are in

open country to towns <10,000

Small Churches: 71% of all churches in USA have <100 weekly

Appalachia: 1036 ELCA Congregations in Appalachia (11% of ELCA); 755 of them in ELCA Regions 7 & 8 relating to United Lutheran Seminary. 5 Synods of ELCA are 100% in Appalachia; 11 more have some territory in Appalachia.